Firefighters douse early-morning blaze in Sterling

Firefighters from several departments were able to contain a fire that damaged a home on Margaret Henry Road early Sunday.

DON BOND

Firefighters from several departments were able to contain a fire that damaged a home on Margaret Henry Road early Sunday.

Plainfield Fire Marshal Paul Yellen said the fire broke out shortly before 2 a.m. when heat from a chimney thimble ignited plywood in a section of wall adjoining the chimney at the home of Christopher Heroux at 827 Margaret Henry Road.

Heroux and several family members were forced to evacuate the house after the fire was discovered.

Firefighters from Sterling, Oneco, South Killingly, Moosup and Foster, R.I., along with a FAST team from the Central Village and Atwood Hose departments, brought the fire under control in about an hour, Yellen said.